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Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters

55 reviews

travelseatsreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Detransition, Baby is a book which will inevitably polarize people. Just like its title, its contents are at times quite challenging. Even at its least provocative there will be someone reading somewhere shrieking in horror at what they just read. It is in that challenging nature of the book that I adore how brave Torrey Peters was in telling a story of gender, of mother & fatherhood, of queerness and overwhelmingly of the prejudice and trauma that everyone carries around regardless of their gender or sexual orientation.

It would have been easy and hugely less controversial for Peters to make these 3 women flawless and likeable but rather than take the easy route she showed how deeply flawed and damaged all three of them were in their own ways. There are chunks of the book that reek of misogyny. There are violent, graphic and demeaning sex scenes. There are deeply prejudiced thoughts thrown about on occasion. There are sections where you will think what the actual f*** is wrong with them. And then there are sections full of love, tenderness, fulfillment and a deep yet brutal level of understanding and self awareness. Peters shies away from the fluffy rainbow coloured persona often provided and delves deep into what can be at times an absolute tangle of beautiful destruction.

Towards the last few chapters I longed to know just that little bit more about Reese and her backstory, her character was so full and intriguing I wanted to know more about where all that angst and inner turmoil came from. That and some other lingering questions kept me from that last star.

Overall, while this will not be a book for everyone, I think everyone should at least attempt to read it with an open mind and glean from it what they can.
What Peters showed effortlessly throughout the book is that none of it is easy, being trans, being queer or indeed immersing yourself into those worlds as a straight cis female. It's complicated and I loved Detransition, Baby for that honesty and rawness. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Abortion, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Outing, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Hate crime, Mental illness, and Grief

karolinaz's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Outing, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

janetpollert's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Transphobia, and Violence

Minor: Homophobia, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Racism, Sexual violence, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, and Dysphoria

oliviareese's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Dysphoria

libraryofpeculiar's review against another edition

DNFed at 24% because the amount of misogyny is both disgusting and disturbing.

As a fellow queer I'm so sad that I had to DNF this because I was so excited to read a book about trans people by a trans author. This seemed like a book about cool modern family, but it was not... the synopsis is extremely misleading. 

The characters are simply awful; the writing is not my cup of tea, and I don't plan on finishing this book ever. I regret believing the hype.

I haven't read enough to rate a book but if I had torate what I've read it would be a 1/5.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Transphobia, and Outing

akmistyrose's review against another edition

emotional informative sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual content, Transphobia, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Violence, and Abortion

michipez's review against another edition

Misógino 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

storykath's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Outing, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Deadnaming, Hate crime, Infertility, Sexism, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Abortion, and Alcohol

jennabajuice's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

 Mostly a character study of three people that are very unique, interesting, chaotic, and of course beautifully queer. I loved that it incorporated deep political and reflective content through these characters and their experiences as opposed to just directly from a single protagonist or author (as in a memoir). A lot of queer literature I've read in the past focused on one character and one aspect of queerness (often sexuality) but this was much more detailed in that it explored many intersecting aspects of queerness and a variety of queer relationships in all their beauty and messiness. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Abortion

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Homophobia and Transphobia

scruffie's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Abortion, Outing, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Racism and Pregnancy

Minor: Suicide